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Top 51 Pet Quotes

1. "A house is not a home without a pet." - Anonymous

2. "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."- Will Rogers

3. It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem.  For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time.  But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons.  ~Douglas Adams, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

4. Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.  - Colette

5. Man is rated the highest animal, at least among all animals who returned the questionnaire. - Robert Brault.

6. "Every boy should have two things: a dog, and a mother willing to let him have one" - Anonymous

7. "An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." - Martin Buber

8. "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanual Kant

9. "You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" - Dave Barry

10. "My little dog -- a heartbeat at my feet." - Edith Wharton

11. "A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution." - Hazel Nicholson

12. "Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" - Theophile Gautier

13. "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Roger Caras

14. "Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." - Anonymous

15. "You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us" - Robert Louis Stevenson

     

     

16. "A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself." - Josh Billings

17. "Until one has loved an animal,  a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

18. "Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to." - Joe Gores

19. "Dogs have owners, cats have staff." - Anonymous

20. "Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." - Ann Landers

21. "In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat" - Warren Eckstein

22. "I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul." - Jean Cocteau

23. "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." - Ben Williams

24. "No heaven will not ever Heaven be;Unless my cats are there to welcome me." - Anonymous

25. "Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in?

26. I think that is how dogs spend their lives." - Sue Murphy

27. "To err is human, to forgive, canine" - Anonymous

28. "To err is human, to purr, feline" - Robert Byrne

29. "A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue." - Anonymous

30. "The dog represents all that is best in man." - Etienne Charlet

     

     

31. "The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp." - John Berry

32. "And God took a handful of southernly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse." - Bedouin Legend

33. "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." - Andrew A. Rooney

34. "All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it." - Samuel Butler

35. "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

36. "There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before."  - Robert Lynd

37. "The dog was created especially for children. He is the God of frolic." - Henry Ward Beecher

38. "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi

39. "The Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him." - Rudyard Kipling

40. If your dog is fat, you aren’t getting enough exercise.- Unknown

41. "I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." - Hippolyte Taine

42. "Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled" - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

43. "Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." - George Elliot

44. "The Trouble with a kitten is That Eventually it becomes a Cat" - Ogden Nash

45. "The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too." - Samuel Butler

46. "I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it." - Abraham Lincoln

47. "If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because you lap is warmer." - Alfred North Whitehead

48. "The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much." - Thornton Wilder

49. "When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her." - Montaigne

50. "Ever consider what pets must think of us?  I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow.  They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!"  ~Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist

51. "Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later." - Mary Bly